1946 Mexican general election

1946 Mexican general election

7 July 1946

Presidential election

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Nominee Miguel Alemán Valdés Ezequiel Padilla Peñaloza Party PRI PDM Popular vote 1,786,901 443,357 Percentage 77.87% 19.32%

President before election Manuel Ávila Camacho PRI Elected President Miguel Alemán Valdés PRI

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General elections were held in Mexico on 7 July 1946.^[1] The presidential elections were won by Miguel Alemán Valdés, who received 77.9% of the vote. In the Chamber of Deputies election, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 141 of the 147 seats.^[2]